Guide to Remove JS/Nemucod.L Completely

My computer was infected by a Trojan called JS/Nemucod.L yesterday. It was detected by my AVG, but it couldn’t be removed by AVG. I wanted to remove it by using some fixing tools, but nothing works. Even though I tried some other reputable antivirus programs, my efforts were in vain. I find this threat after restarting my computer. It was showed no way to remove it fully after attempting what all I thought out to kill this annoying problem. Can someone teach me to delete the threat completely?

JS/Nemucod.L Description:

As its name reminding, JS/Nemucod.L is classed as Trojan horse. Usually this Trojan horse will attack the infected computer by attaching to some free programs. The unknown free program will contain the virus process in its installation and that is the way which this Trojan horse attacks the infected computer without any warning. By using one of the characteristics of Windows operating system as its name, the Trojan successfully confuses people and makes them unable to remove it. People would be deceived by its false name and click the files. It is very difficult for people to detect its trait with the naked eye. If a hacker wants to take control over a computer, he would try to trick the user into running the malicious codes of a Trojan horse. Hackers will spare no effort to achieve their evil goal that the Trojan threat should be completely infiltrated into the target computer system. Besides, JS/Nemucod.L can use the latest programming language and programming technology to convince users to think that their PCs are in danger. Anti-virus detection is rely on the feature code in Trojan horse, therefore, sometimes the Trojan horse could escape detection of the security tool especially the free version of them, that is the reason it can be one of the nastiest virus infection on the Internet.

Unlike traditional Trojan horse, JS/Nemucod.L is not created to mess up the whole system, it is designed to steal information on the infected computer including account’s number and password, secret files, personal E-mail and other files. In the past, Trojan horse is created to spy out other people’s privacy or pranks. It changes system files to create error pop-ups and runs lots of strange processes in the background to make your computer sluggish and even system crash. With the intention of stealing confidential information, this Trojan horse will be designed to have the ability to break through many obstacles and finally get into your computer. Ti avoid worse results and a value of losses, it’s wise to get rid of the Trojan horse from the affected computer quickly.

However, the following instructions require sufficient computer knowledge. If you are lack of computer knowledge, it is strongly recommended to remove this Trojan with automatic removal tool.

Why you need to delete JS/Nemucod.L immediately?

1.It can help remote criminal to take over control the entire system without notice. 2.It runs many processes in the background to make your PC sluggish. 3. It can download and install more other threats, such as adware, redirect viruses and spyware. 4. It is able to monitor your browsing history and other important data.

How to Remove JS/Nemucod.L from the Infected Computer

JS/Nemucod.L is a dangerous computer Trojan that usually enters the PC in tricky ways without letting you know. It causes various computer problems and brings more threats to compromise your system. What’s worse, this Trojan horse will help the remote hackers to steal your confidential information. Trojan as it should be removed from the infected computer immediately. Here is the manual removal guide below.

Step one: Boot up your computer in safe mode.
1) Restart your affected computer and hit F8 key multiple times before Windows Advanced Options Menu starts.
2) Use the up and down arrow keys to navigate the "Safe Mode with Networking" option when the Windows starts. And then hit Enter key to process.

Step two: Eliminate show hidden files and folders.
Open Control Panel from Start menu and go to Folder Options.

Under View tab, check Show hidden files and folders and non-check Hide protected operation system files (Recommended). Finally, click OK.

Search for and eliminate all the following files created by the Trojan from your PC.

%AllUsersProfile%\[random]
%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\[random]
%AppData%\Local\[random].exe

Step three: Kill the process related to the Trojan in Windows Task Manager.
Right-click on the taskbar (or press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys together) to start Windows Task Manager.
Navigate to the Processes tab, search for its running processes of the Trojan and then kill them by clicking on “End Process” button.

Step four: Remove the registry entries of the Trojan.
Press Windows + R keys and input regedit into the box and then click OK to open Registry Editor.

When Registry Editor opens, search for and remove all the registry entries of the Trojan. You’d better make a backup of your registry in case of data loss.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ‘Random’
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Random

Step five: After all the steps are done, please reboot your computer normally to apply all changes.

Summary

JS/Nemucod.L is a high level computer threat. As previously stated, though it may look safe, it will bring unwanted and unallowed results which are usually harmful. In general, the attacked computer will perform abnormally: slow reaction, hard disk are reading and writing constantly, no response from mouse or keyboard and windows are suddenly closed without hints. Once computer is infected by this virus, the related damage will follow. The system settings will be modified by the Trojan horse without knowledge and many annoying pop ups will be displayed constantly. It is not easy to remove the Trojan from the PC because it hides behind system rootkit. Manual way should be an effective way to remove nasty virus, but it is recommended for advanced computer users only.